The Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta received a question regarding the use of painkillers, antibiotics, and fluids such as saline, glucose, and mannitol for patients during fasting. They clarified that these injections and fluids do not break the fast, as they enter through the skin rather than an open passage, and are absorbed by the body without affecting the validity of the fast.
Dr. Ali Gomaa, member of the Council of Senior Scholars, emphasized that a fasting person must guard their senses and actions from anything that displeases Allah or diminishes the reward of fasting, avoiding backbiting, gossip, forbidden sights, disputes, and severing family ties. He cited the Prophet’s hadith: “Some fasting person gains nothing from his fast except hunger.” He also stressed that fasting is prescribed to attain piety, as mentioned in the Quran: “Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may attain piety” [Al-Baqara: 183].
Sheikh Owaida Othman, Dar Al-Ifta’s Fatwa Secretary, added that remaining traces of food between the teeth do not invalidate the fast if not intentionally swallowed. Rinsing the mouth after eating is recommended but not obligatory, and not doing so does not affect the fast.
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